Supreme Court

Koch got your tongue?

The reason Clarence Thomas doesn’t have to worry about his participation grade.

By Amanda Gutterman | Feb 22 07:40 pm ET

U.S. Supreme Court to consider hearing M’ville case

At stake are the only properties in the expansion zone—from 125th to 134th streets, from Broadway to 12th Avenue—that Columbia does not yet own: Nick Sprayregen’s four Tuck-It-Away Self-Storage locations and two gas stations owned by Gurnam Singh and Parminder Kaur.

By Maggie Astor and Finn Vigeland | Dec 10 05:29 am ET

Corporations are not people and money is not speech

While speech can be interpreted loosely as any form of expression, such an open, ambiguous definition would create a myriad of problems with all kinds of laws.

By Supreet Minhas | Jan 31 10:54 pm ET

The corporate takeover of America by means of free speech?

Claims predicting the end of democracy and the subsequent corporate takeover of America are completely unfounded.

By Tyler Trumbach | Jan 31 10:49 pm ET

A more imperfect union

While the issue itself is a far larger one than what the facts of the case originally called for, the conclusion remains flawed.

By Zach Sims | Jan 31 10:36 pm ET

Tread Lightly on the Path of Least Resistance

Today’s visit to campus by both major presidential candidates provides an excellent opportunity to reflect on a summer of campaign activity. Liberals should be particularly troubled by Senator Obama’s various rightward policy shifts as he has transitioned from primary to general election candidate. These shifts are certainly nothing new—Senator Obama is simply the inheritor of a Democratic campaign strategy that has succeeded in promoting public indifference enough to cost the party the infinitely winnable 2000 and 2004 elections.

By Jonathan Backer | Sep 10 11:00 pm ET

The Lethal Injection Debate

On Jan. 8, 2008, the Supreme Court heard the oral argument in Baze v. Rees challenging the constitutionality of the commonly-used “three-drug cocktail” method of lethal injection.

By Ruth Fischbach and Jennifer Woo | Apr 7 08:48 pm ET

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